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As Cord Cutting Grows Small Cable Companies Are Starting to Walk Away from TV
Slowly a few cable TV companies here and there have started to walk away from offering TV services. Recently RTC communications announced that they will end TV services in July. RTC’s website has the following statement: Based on what we see for the future and what’s best for our customers, RTC Communications will no longer…
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Locast Adds Closed Captioning to Their Free Streaming Service
Locast launched back in early 2018 offering access to 15 stations including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. Now Locast is available in seven markets with the recent addition of Washington DC. and Baltimore today. Don’t look for Locast to stop there according to the people behind the service they plan to keep expanding into other markets later…
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T-Mobile TV Home To Launch in The First Half of 2019
For months now one of the most anticipated streaming services has been the new live TV service from T-Mobile. Since the service was first announced, T-Mobile has promised to release it by the end of 2018. Later it was reported by Bloomberg that T-Mobile TV is delayed until 2019. Now during T-Mobile’s earnings call COO Mike…
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5 Tips for Setting Up Your Antenna for the Best Results (2019 Update)
Antennas can open up a world of free HD TV. Now more than ever there is great 100% free content available with an antenna. Even more content is on its way as new networks launch and old ones come back, like Court TV that returns later this year as a free over-the-air TV network. Yet…
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Spectrum TV is Raising the Fees on their New Streaming Service
For some time now, Spectrum TVTM has been slowly pushing their new streaming service, Spectrum TV Choice, as an option for cord cutters. One of the drawbacks for customers is that Spectrum still includes the hated broadcast TV fee. Recently, Spectrum has been contacting subscribers of their Spectrum TVTM Choice streaming service to inform them that…
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Google’s CEO Says YouTube TV Is “An Exciting Product”
YouTube TV has recently been receiving a lot of praise both from inside the industry and users. During their fourth quarter, 2018 earnings call Google’s CEO opened up about YouTube TV. During the call Google CEO Sundar Pichai said, YouTube TV is “an exciting product.” Pichai went on to say, “It’s differentiated and has long…
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Get Ready for a Flood of Anti-Cord Cutting Stories
There is an old saying that goes “look at who they attack, and you will find out who they are afraid of.” This seems to be very true as a growing number of media companies line up to attack cord cutting. Already this year both NBC and CBS have published stories pushing the idea that…
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Viacom Plans to Use Pluto TV To Take on Amazon Channels
Recently Viacom purchased Pluto TV and while they promised to keep a free version it now looks like Pluto TV plans to offer paid options. According to Viacom, they plan to use Pluto TV to sell add-on subscriptions similar to Amazon Channel. With this new service, you will be able to subscribe to add-ons like Viacom’s…
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ESPN+ Hits 2 Million Subscribers, But Is Cord Cutting The Cause?
This week it was announced that ESPN+ hit 2 million subscribers in just nine months. A lot has been made about ESPN+ and how it is reaching out to cord cutting but the truth is cable subscribers have as much to do with ESPN+’s growth. ESPN+ is a streaming service that targets cable subscribers and…
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EXPIRED: You Can Now Buy an Fire TV Stick 4K For Just $10 a Month For 5 Months (No Fees or Interest)
Thinking of cutting the cord but the cost to buy all the devices you want is holding you back? Now Amazon has a way to help with that by letting you pay for your Fire TV over 5 months with no interests, fees, or hidden costs. Right now you can get the Fire TV Stick 4K…
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The Ultimate Guide to YouTube TV
When YouTube TV reached 800,000 subscribers last summer, it was easy to see that the streaming service was a strong competitor in live streaming. It’s estimated that since then, YouTube Live reached the million subscriber mark by the end of 2018. If you’re thinking about joining those million subscribers and starting a YouTube TV subscription,…
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The Best Indoor Antennas of 2019
Picking the right antenna can be confusing. There are hundreds of antennas out there and picking the right one for is no easy tasks. One of the most common questions I get is what is the best antenna. That is a huge topic especially when it comes to indoor vs outdoor antennas. So we decided…
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Spectrum À La Carte TV, Spectrum TV Choice Now Supports HDHomeRun & TiVo DVRs
Have you been thinking about testing out Spectrum’s à la carte TV service but the lack of a good DVR was holding you back? Good news! You can now use Spectrum TV Choice, their à la carte TV service, with a cable card which will enable you to use a TiVo or HDHomeRun as your…
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Roku Adds a Guest Mode
Ever wish you could let guests access their Netflix subscription on your Roku without logging you out? Roku just added this feature hidden inside the Roku OS 9 update. In Settings under the option to update your Roku is a new setting called “Auto Sign Out Mode.” According to Roku, “this mode enables guests to…
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Spectrum & The State of New York Near Deal to Keep Spectrum in NY
Back in July 2018, New York ordered Charter’s Spectrum cable to leave the state after accusing them of not meeting their commitments. At that time Charter, had 60 days to complete services as the state transition to a new provider but Spectrum and New York agreed to delay this deadline so talks could happen. New York…
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